{"id":200859,"date":"2025-12-22T22:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=200859"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:42:10","slug":"random-thoughts-boys-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/12\/22\/random-thoughts-boys-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: boys basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s installment of Random Thoughts is truly random \u2013 it\u2019ll about area high school basketball by the numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview has raced out to a 6-1 start, with the only loss coming to Ada, 64-63 in overtime. The Lancers also pulled what many consider to be the stunner so far in the NWC with a 61-45 win over Lima Central Catholic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic then turned around and defeated previously undefeated Spencerville the following Friday, 66-57. Had the Thunderbirds lost, they would have started the NWC season 0-2, which would be a huge surprise for a team that was expected to contend for the conference title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen East went 10-12 during the regular season last year. Now, the Mustangs are off to a 6-0 start in the topsy-tervy NWC. Along with that, Allen east is the only undefeated team left in the conference. However, there are some tough games ahead, including a three-game stretch January 2-3 and 10 against Wapakoneta, Ottawa-Glandorf and Liberty-Benton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen East, Lincolnview and Columbus Grove are currently tied for first in the NWC. With all due respect to all conference teams, I think it\u2019s safe to say no one is getting out of conference play undefeated this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s guard Cameron Elwer put on an unbelievable shooting clinic last Tuesday against Van Wert. He went 10-for-10 from the floor, including seven treys, and 5-of-5 from the foul line, all in the first half. He literally didn\u2019t miss anything and had 32 points at halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WBL has two 6-0 teams \u2013 Ottawa-Glandorf, a team that traditionally finishes at or near the top of the standings but struggled to an 8-12 mark last season minus Colin White and crew, and Wapakoneta, who finished 11-10 last season but won six of the seven final regular season games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee is 5-1, with the only loss coming to Lima Central Catholic in the season opening game of the Elida Tipoff Classic, 67-58. Guess what? The Indians will have a chance to avenge that loss when the two teams meet again next Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert was 9-12 during the regular season last year but the Cougars are off to a 5-2 start. The losses came to Kalida and Delphos St. John\u2019s. The team bounced back with a Friday night overtime road win over Bath, then scored a season high 72 points the following night in a 72-43 win over Holland Springfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa-Glandorf, Wapakoneta, Shawnee and Van Wert are all tied for first the WBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I know it\u2019s how the schedule works, but all WBL teams played league games last Friday. None of them will play another league game until Friday, January 9, a span of exactly three weeks. I get it \u2013 when you play nine league games and 13 non-league games, that\u2019s how it works, but it just seems odd to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of scheduling oddities, Lima Sr. last played on December 16. Between then and January 6, which is a span of 21 days, the Spartans will play two games \u2013 one this Saturday and one on January 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edgerton has already played nine games and the Bulldogs will reach the halfway point of their regular season, 11 games, by December 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if you have thoughts or comments on any of the above topics, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports This week\u2019s installment of Random Thoughts is truly random \u2013 it\u2019ll about area high school basketball by the numbers. Lincolnview has raced out to a 6-1 start, with the only loss coming to Ada, 64-63 in overtime. The Lancers also pulled what many consider to be the stunner so far in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 21:04:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200860,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200859\/revisions\/200860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}